‘Shiyakusho’ Delivers A Heart-Wrenching Tale Through A Short Anime

Kishi Azumi’s Shiyakusho manga starts where everything ends, i.e., death.

Shiyakusho introduces an office that looks normal at first glance but soon you come to know that its customers are dead people. After death, people are sorted by how they died, and the subsequent paperwork is done accordingly.

Each chapter narrates the tale of a different dead person while giving a glimpse of the office workers themselves.

Typhoon Graphics and Frontier Works have collaborated to create a short anime for the Shiyakusho manga. The short adapts chapters 3 and 4 of the manga titled “Tomorrow’s Me.”

The video was created as a commemoration project for the manga that has recently released its 100th chapter and 20th volume.

The special anime follows the story of Rin, a girl who is abused by her mother at home.

One night when her mom kept her outside the house while it was snowing, the girl passed away. Although her teachers suspected her situation, it was too late to save her.

Rin then enters the “murder section” of the after-death office, and it is revealed that she still loves her mom and is in denial of the abuse she faced. In the real world, her mom is charged with murder.

The anime runs you through the bizarre plot in the most beautiful manner. It is a simple yet striking adaptation that is sure to grip your attention (and make you curse at the mom, just like I did.)

After watching the short, I hope to see a full-length anime adaptation of this manga. There are tons of other chapters worth giving you goosebumps, and if any manga deserves an anime, then Shiyakusho definitely does.

About Shiyakusho

Shiyakusho is a manga by Kishi Azumi that started serialization in Shinchosha’s Monthly Comic @Bunch magazine in 2013.

The manga introduces an office that deals with people after their death. Sections like “murder section,” “suicide section,” “natural causes section” and others sort out people by how they died.

Each chapter focuses on a different dead person’s backstory.

Source: Shinchosha YouTube channel

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